WRINKLE TREATMENTS

Wrinkles are the most common sign of aging. We all get them…and we all want to get rid of them.

They develop because each time we smile, laugh, or frown, our skin creases or folds in the same way. After making the same expressions time after time, our skin “remembers” these creases even when they are not there. These wrinkles can be improved through laser resurfacing, dermabrasion, deep peels, Botox, Thermage, and dermal fillers

Fine wrinkles are seen on dry crepe paper skin (usually on the cheeks). These wrinkles are superficial and their removal is relatively easy through skin care, micropeels, and other simple treatments.

Skin Fold Wrinkles
Skin fold wrinkles are the wrinkles that go from the corner of our noses, around our mouths, and down to our chins. They look like big parentheses around our mouths. They develop within the skin fold (called nasolabial fold by doctors) which is due to sagging cheeks. Because these wrinkles are due to sagging skin, the only way to treat them is by tightening the skin…through a facelift. Just look in the mirror while you are pulling your cheek skin back toward your ears. You will see a dramatic improvement in your nasolabial folds, as well as the skin fold wrinkles. (No more will be said of skin fold wrinkles on this page, because the treatments on this page do not help skin fold wrinkles).

How Wrinkle Treatments Work
Chemical peels, laser, dermabrasion, and skin care are all guided by the same principles. But to understand them, you first must know a little something about your skin.

Your skin is made up of damaged superficial cells and healthier deep cells. Every day, your old superficial cells die, shed, and are replaced by younger cells. When you are born, the process of shedding a new skin cell takes about 30 days. By the time you are 60, the process takes about 60 days. Thus, as you get older, your complexion becomes dull and lifeless because the cells on your skin’s surface are, in fact, older.

Each treatment mentioned above causes uniform destruction and shedding of your old damaged superficial skin cells. This allows healthier deep cells to surface while they are still young and fresh. Each of these treatments organizes and expedites the process of skin turnover and helps you reclaim the skin of your youth. As a result, you will see improvement in some or all of the following skin problems: large pore size, loss of skin vitality, roughness, discoloration, fine wrinkles, acne scars, dynamic wrinkles, and loss of skin tone. (Fillers and Botox are guided by other principles).

Fraxel, Fractional and Fractionated laser Skin Resurfacing
Fractional or Fractionated laser skin resurfacing has been featured on the Today Show's Mini Medical Miracles with Kathy Lee, Entertainment Tonight, Oprah, and The View, just to name a few. It has been a news spot on news channel after news channel and has been seen in magazine after magazine. But why has it gotten all this attention? The answer is simple - because of its abilities to removes wrinkles, tighten skin, and thereby prevent the need for a face lift later in life. You will see marked improvement after only your first treatment but in order to obtain the desired results a series is usually recommended*.

Aggressive Wrinkle Treatments Laser Skin Resurfacing: Sciton ProFractional
and Fraxel re:pair® treatments
If you are interested in surgery-like results for severe skin damage and wrinkles then the Fraxel re:pair or Sciton PreFractional treatment is a preemptive strike against a facelift. The treatment tightens skin and corrects severe damage such as wrinkles, irregular texture, age spots/sunspots and sun-induced redness. Downtime: Most return to routine activities after a week. The most aggressive treatment, Fraxel re:pair or Sciton Pro-Fractional (CO2 and Erbium lasers) produce dramatic improvement for severely damaged skin. These are single treatment procedures, but will require more downtime and after treatment wound care.

Thermage Skin Tightening and Wrinkle Reduction
Thermage SkiThermage is a safe, clinically proven way to tighten and contour skin, with improvements in tone, contour, and texture occurring naturally through the stimulation of your own collagen. Thermage is completely non-invasive: no surgery, no injections. A single treatment tightens your existing collagen and stimulates new collagen growth. Improvements are both immediately visible and continue up to six months